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The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) and Racing Victoria (RV) are pleased to announce the inaugural $600,000 Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Series which will see Victoria’s best up and coming country-trained gallopers vie for a chance to compete for lucrative prizemoney on VRC Oaks Day. From the Wimmera Mallee in the west to Gippsland in the east, the Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Series will feature eight $50,000 heats to be run across country Victorian tracks, concluding with a $200,000 Benchmark 80 final over 1600 metres at Flemington Racecourse on 9 November, 2017. Eligibility will be restricted to Victorian trainers who do not have a metropolitan training base. Horses that finish first and second in each heat will earn their way into the final, which replaces a race for country horses that has featured on the VRC Oaks Day program for more than a decade. Each heat venue (listed below) will also have the opportunity to host the $200,000 Emirates Melbourne Cup in a bid to immerse locals in the atmosphere of Victoria’s coveted Spring Racing Carnival and the nation’s most famous race.
Ballarat trainer Dan O'Sullivan is aiming to enter Elite Tiger in the Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Series. © Pat Scala / Racing Photos
VRC Chairman Amanda Elliott said the Club was thrilled to boost its support of country racing. “The Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final presents a wonderful opportunity for connections of country-trained gallopers to experience the magic of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, one of the world’s premier racing events. The VRC is also delighted to be sharing the 2017 Emirates Melbourne Cup with local racegoers as part of the series,” Mrs Elliott said. This article first appeared on the Racing Victoria website and is reprinted here with their kind permission. For more on the Off the Track program please visit rv.racing.com/the-horse/off-the-track Source: Racing Victoria website READ THE LATEST NEWS ARTICLES HERE
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